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It's been a miserable day, though there is something satisfyingly appropriate about the cold, hard rain that's barely let up at all for the past week. I was up all last night, shivering and sick in bed, alternately tearful and frustrated that I wasn't sleeping. This morning, confronted with dark clouds, a cold apartment, mounds of papers to write and work to go to, I had a difficult time convincing myself that it was worth getting out of bed, ever.
Fortunately, though, I've made the amazing if belated discovery of this album, Stars' Set Yourself on Fire, which I've found to be full of the most perfect get-you-through-the-day songs. I'm usually one for lyrics, and terrible lyrics will inevitably ruin an artist forever and ever for me (example, Rhett Miller, who I thought had some fun pop-y music until I actually bought the cd and realised his lyrics make me want to gouge my eyes out with forks (ie: "sex in wartime is sweeter than peace/ yeah, it's the one sweet thing about war")). Stars, they may have some moderately cliched lyrics here and there, but the rest makes up for it. So much so that I've had it on repeat for about a week, and I'm not tired of it yet. I can see why they were up for (did they win?) a Juno.
